GTP Cool Wall: Toyota Hilux/Pickup

TheBook · May 11, 2011

Fourth Generation Toyota Hilux/Pickup

*US model shown.

Also called: 1 Ton
Production: Aug 19831988
Model years: 19841989
Assembly: Toyota City, Japan
Tahara, Aichi, Japan
Montevideo, Uruguay, South America
Body style: 2 and 4-door truck
Layout: Front engine, rear-wheel drive / four-wheel drive
Engine: 2.4 L I4
3.0 L V6
2.4 L I4 (diesel)
Transmission: 4/5-speed manual
3-speed automatic
4-speed automatic
Wheelbase: Regular Cab Short Bed: 103.0 in (2616 mm)
Regular Cab Long Bed: 112.0 in (2845 mm)
Xtracab Long Bed: 121.5 in (3086 mm)
Length: Regular Cab Short Bed: 174.6 in (4435 mm)
Regular Cab Long Bed: 186.2 in (4729 mm)
Xtracab Long Bed: 195.5 in (4966 mm)
Xtracab SR5: 184.1 in (4676 mm)
Reg. Cab 4WD: 186.2 in (4729 mm)
Width: Regular Cab: 63.8 in (1621 mm)
Xtracab Long Bed: 66.1 in (1679 mm)
Xtracab: 66.5 in (1689 mm)
Height: Regular Cab Short Bed 2WD: 60.8 in (1544 mm)
Regular Cab Long Bed: 60.4 in (1534 mm)
Xtracab Long Bed: 60.3 in (1532 mm)
1 Ton Reg. Cab Long Bed 2WD: 61.5 in (1562 mm)
Regular Cab 4WD: 67.3 in (1709 mm)
SR5 Turbo Xtracab: 60.2 in (1529 mm)
Xtracab 4WD: 67.1 in (1704 mm)
Curb weight: 2,800 lb (1,270 kg)

It's the truck that can't be killed.

Eric Demory · May 11, 2011

I see a lot of these mud dumps around my area a little too much, and I have never seen one of them clean out of 1000 or so. Uncool.

Time_Attack · May 11, 2011

Jim Prower · May 12, 2011

The only thing that will ever fail is the body. Perfect vehicle for bashing around at a certain farm in Canada. Worth at least a cool...

If it were Ivan Stewart's MTEG truck, definitely Sub-Z.

SRV2LOW4ME · May 12, 2011

Jim Prower
The only thing that will ever fail is the body. Perfect vehicle for bashing around at a certain farm in Canada. Worth at least a cool...

If it were Ivan Stewart's MTEG truck, definitely Sub-Z.

Yeah, plus if you're a 15 year old boy, he'll pay you to masturbate on camera! 👍

The farm is only 20 mins from my house, so I've heard some interesting stories to say the least.

I give it a cool.

JCE · May 12, 2011

The Toybota and the indestructible one on TopGear are subzero. A regular model is meh.

Dan_ · May 12, 2011

A reliable and sturdy small truck to deal with rough terrain and tow stuff. Not to mention the Hilux was the benchmark for many of the similarly sized trucks we have today.

Cool.

Northstar · May 12, 2011

Does the fact it was on Top Gear really make it cool?

The only people I see driving these things here are people who couldn't afford a better truck. Sure it's durable, but so is the Chevrolet/GMC 1500 that was voted uncool.

Plus, if you just go by what Top Gear says, it kind of ruins the whole point of doing it.

Seriously Uncool.

Murcie_LP640 · May 12, 2011

Nothing really special to be brutally honest.

It may have featured on Top Gear but it's very incredibly common, not to mention the whole "Lo-Lux" look people have suddenly decided is the new black for automotive modifications.

Pictures tell a thousand words but that only has one.

"Uncool."

niky · May 12, 2011

Crooooooow
I have never seen one of them clean out of 1000 or so.

That fact alone should make it cool. The fact that it's so pedestrian, though... swings the pendulum the other way...

Then you consider that they're used by explorers, armies, guerillas and anybody who needs to actually do something fairly dangerous somewhere fairly rugged and plans to come out mostly alive... back the other way.

Cool.

LP670-4 SV · May 12, 2011

Survived being crashed through a tree, drowned in salt, had acid pored on it, wrecking ball, lit on fire, caravan dropped on it, survived a controlled demolition......This should be the Presidents limo

you know a cars good when 3rd world countries use them for war -__-

old mate · May 12, 2011

is that really a pic of what the US got in those years? we in aussie land didnt get that until around 89.

The Vanishing Boy · May 12, 2011

COOL -> I voted 'cool' just because of this:

^ Sure, I saw BOTH Hi-Lux (in the Philippines) and the 'nameless' USDM version. And its blander than water. But the possibilities it can do can make it a cool, indestructable, and Chuck Norris-worthy brute of a truck.

daan · May 12, 2011

The Vanishing Boy
And its blander than water. But the possibilities it can do can make it a cool, indestructable, and Chuck Norris-worthy brute of a truck.

And that's the point that makes it uncool. You have to do stuff to it to make it cool. You have to stick bits on it and give it big tyres to make it cool. You have to make it float to make it cool. You have to try and destroy it to make it cool.

old mate · May 12, 2011

The Vanishing Boy
COOL -> I voted 'cool' just because of this:

(pic is deleted for less crap in the thread)

^ Sure, I saw BOTH Hi-Lux (in the Philippines) and the 'nameless' USDM version. And its blander than water. But the possibilities it can do can make it a cool, indestructable, and Chuck Norris-worthy brute of a truck.

i'm unsure what makes that hilux cool. it looks to have a 2 inch spring lift and 31inch all terrains. could have picked a hilux with 37inch centipedes

W3H5 · May 12, 2011

My wife's mum has one of the newer models with the 4 door cab, she owns a big gun which is cool and keeps it in the car thus making the car cool. Also being not the best driver she's nearly killed dozens of cyclists with it.

PureAwesomeness · May 12, 2011

Anyone remember the black pick-up truck that Marty drives at the end of Back to the Future? If that was a Hi-lux then I vote sub-zero. If not, I still think it's pretty cool.

Stotty · May 12, 2011

Pick up's are not cool, full stop.

They are a work vehicle, but some people (mainly Americans!) seem to think they somehow make cool everyday transport... I don't get it!

Uncool.

Of course when Topgear turn one in to a boat and sail it across the Channel it does become great entertainment... but it's still not cool.

C-ZETA · May 12, 2011

JCE
The Toybota and the indestructible one on TopGear are subzero.

Don't forget the polar special one! Although that was a newer model.

Cool for me since as has been proven pretty well it's unkillable. Even if it looks so basic I can't think of a good or bad word to describe it.

Northstar · May 12, 2011

Can someone please tell me how durable translates to cool?

Really, City Buses last for decades in service, frankly they're the least cool thing ever invented.

The Vanishing Boy · May 12, 2011

-> ...

PureAwesomeness
Anyone remember the black pick-up truck that Marty drives at the end of Back to the Future? If that was a Hi-lux then I vote sub-zero. If not, I still think it's pretty cool.

^ Yes, it was a Hi-Lux/'SR5' Pickup. And no, that one is the 3rd-gen model not this 4th-gen model.

Azuremen · May 12, 2011

It is cool by the fact it will never die, almost every mechanic knows how to work on a 22RE, and you'll see them in almost any rebel groups vehicle fleet.

It just works. For anything. When the world ends in nuclear fire, these will be the battle chariots we kill each other with.

homeforsummer · May 12, 2011

Massively useful and massively respectable, but uncool.

If you want the ultimate tool to do a job it's a great vehicle and you couldn't ask more of it, but it won't turn anyone's head on the street, and going through life completely unnoticed isn't cool.

Azuremen · May 12, 2011

homeforsummer
Massively useful and massively respectable, but uncool.

If you want the ultimate tool to do a job it's a great vehicle and you couldn't ask more of it, but it won't turn anyone's head on the street, and going through life completely unnoticed isn't cool.

Just because you have an opinion on Twitter doesn't mean you can just bring it in here and declare things uncool. Just doesn't!

Now, pay respect to the truck to out last all trucks before a crazy guerrilla soldier opens fire on your quiet British hamlet :dopey:

bradford · May 12, 2011

It's a pick-up truck, and pick-up trucks are not cool, however indestructible they are.
Uncool.

The Vanishing Boy · May 12, 2011

-> ...

Azuremen
It is cool by the fact it will never die, almost every mechanic knows how to work on a 22RE, and you'll see them in almost any rebel groups vehicle fleet.

It just works. For anything. When the world ends in nuclear fire, these will be the battle chariots we kill each other with.

-> Action Hero-like heroics in the real world make it enough to be cool IMHO. 👍

Leonidae@MFT · May 12, 2011

PureAwesomeness
Anyone remember the black pick-up truck that Marty drives at the end of Back to the Future? If that was a Hi-lux then I vote sub-zero. If not, I still think it's pretty cool.

Yes, it was '85 Hilux..

skynyrd · May 13, 2011

Sorry, uncool. It's a pickup truck. Not only that, it's a pickup truck with the same bland styling all other pickup trucks of the time have. If one passed me on the street, I'd end up looking at the beat up CRX or '80s Camaro across the street before I looked at the truck.

Sure, it's tough and does what's expected of it, but still...it's just a pickup truck.

jet1991 · May 13, 2011

I have actually driven one of these. My friend has one that is completely stock except for the snow plow he installs each winter. It`s usually called the no-lux :sly:

. The thing felt like it would roll over in every turn. Didn`t like driving it at all. I don`t believe what happened in top gear. They probably did change out parts and repaired it to get that thing moving again. And I don`t believe the Hilux is that much better than all the other small (-ish) pickups. And these pickups have the worst parking brake ever. I`ll give it cool.

turboash78 · May 13, 2011

You people watch too much Top Gear... this truck = uncool.

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